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Himachal Pradesh
Scholarship schemes for poor students
SHIMLA, JULY 11. The Himachal Pradesh Government was spending over Rs. 330 crore per annum on primary education and over Rs. 600 crore per annum on secondary and higher education, claimed a Government spokesman here today. In order to encourage ...

Pondicherry
Taking eye care to the doorsteps of the poor
PONDICHERRY, JULY 11. He is well known for developing eye care programmes that reach lakhs of Indians and which are being emulated in other Third World countries. After a lakh plus successful surgeries, Govindappa Venkataswamy is happy to talk ...

Watch your wards, parents told
PONDICHERRY, JULY 11.The Directorate of School Education has called upon the parents today to keep a close vigil on their children and ensure that they are not swayed by "bad elements", who are instigating protests in government schools. These ...

It's raining garbage out here
PONDICHERRY, JULY 11.The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, wants to make Pondicherry a green and clean place. But, despite the Chief Minister's good intentions, garbage and solid waste are being dumped at various points round here. The mounds of ...

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    Punjab
    Rift surfaces in Chandigarh Congress
    CHANDIGARH, JULY 11.The war of attrition in the Chandigarh unit of the Congress has once again come into sharp focus with one group, ostensibly owing allegiance to the local MP, Pawan Kumar Bansal, intensifying its drive to "dislodge'' the local ...

    Rajasthan
    Budget-eve bonanza for Rajasthan farmers
    JAIPUR, JULY 11.In a Budget- eve announcement on late Saturday, the Rajasthan Government brought down the deposit amounts for power connections to benefit an estimated 40,000 farmers in the State. The decision, apparently in response to demands ...

    Rajasthan demands oil royalty
    JAIPUR, JULY 11.Rajasthan has demanded 20 per cent royalty on the sale of "pit oil'' extracted by the British oil firm, Cairn Energy, in the Barmer-Sanchore basin in the State recently. The country's largest oilfield in more than two decades was ...

    Reviving the philanthropic spirit of Jaipur doctor
    JAIPUR, JULY 11. A trust established in memory of the legendary doctor of Jaipur, Robert Heilig, plans to revive in the medical community the philanthropic spirit espoused by him and encourage physicians to serve the poor. The trust will ...

    Uttaranchal
    Sacked Ministers see a conspiracy
    DEHRA DUN, JULY 11.Downsizing of the Uttaranchal Cabinet as required under the new law has triggered resentment within the faction- ridden ruling Congress. The former Minister for Irrigation, Flood Control and Minor Irrigation, Shurvir Singh ...

    600 stranded pilgrims sent to Rishikesh
    DEHRA DUN, JULY 11.About 600 pilgrims and residents of the Badrinath area who were stranded at Joshimath were sent to Rishikesh by buses around 11.00 am today after the Govindghat- Rishikesh road, that had been blocked by fresh landslides at ...



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